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Both Robert Fico and Viktor Orban are aligned with Trump’s agenda on migration and Ukraine and are strong critics of the European Union.

Rubio began his Central Europe tour on Sunday by meeting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava. He will also visit Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday.

Both Hungary and Slovakia are considered key European allies of US President Donald Trump.

The latest US National Security Strategy, published last year, warned of a “decline of civilization” in Europe and called for closer cooperation with nationalist forces within the EU.

Rubio traveled to Slovakia after delivering a speech at the Munich Security Conference, where he said that the US and Europe share a common destiny but that Europe’s cultural and economic decline must be reversed and mass migration halted.

According to the State Department, the US seeks to strengthen cooperation with Bratislava in nuclear energy, energy diversification, and the modernization of the Slovak army.

Marco Rubio will be in Hungary on Monday to meet right-wing conservative Prime Minister Orban, who supports Trump’s political agenda.

According to the State Department, the talks will focus on the “peace process to resolve global conflicts” and the US-Hungary energy partnership.